Every team approaches hitting in its own way. These Phillies work together, and hitting coach Kevin Long believes that's key to the team's postseason success.
Trea Turner: “It’s less information in a good way. We’ve got a lineup of guys that just want to hit.”hitters met to go over a scouting report on the Diamondbacks pitching, standard operating procedure for most teams when they face a new opponent.
Translation: Be aggressive. It made sense. It also got the Phillies thinking — and talking. Long encourages the hitters’ input in these meetings, and some who faced Gallen most often noted that he likes to establish his fastball early in a game. The Arizona ace also tends to be around the strike zone. A game plan was taking shape.The scouting report was pitch perfect , but so was the manner in which it was communicated to players who, as Long puts it, “love to talk hitting.
Some embraced it; others did their own thing. In Washington, for instance, Long said the players rejected team-wide hitters meetings. Instead, he checked in with them individually and relayed whatever data they wanted. It proved to be successful. To wit: None of the Phillies had faced Diamondbacks Game 2 starter Merrill Kelly more than Turner, so he shared his impressions from those matchups with teammates who were less familiar.
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